ShArArTi MuNdA
01-25-2009, 11:00 AM
Hey Guys ..
Here i m going to some info related to American's torture centre "& secret prison Guantánamo Bay. Well the goood news is its going to b shut down soon and will release or transfer all The Detainees.i will also give ya guys the link for the website where u can get more info u want... well ova here i will jst put some general info.... i was going thro it this morning and noticed tht there were alot of paki'z in there 2 :(
The United States Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba dates from 1903, when the American government leased the 45-square mile site as a coaling station in the wake of the Spanish-American War. Since the United States broke off relations with Cuba after Fidel Castro's rise to power, the base has operated as an obscure anomaly, one foreign power's self-enclosed outpost in a hostile land.
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, the base became the center of fierce criticism from foreign governments and human rights activists. After the American invasion of Afghanistan, prisoners suspected of being al Qaeda members or supporters were transported to Guantánamo. In 2002, President Bush made it the central prison for suspects considered unlawful enemy combatants in the war on terror.
Since then, the effort to try the suspects before the military tribunals created by the Bush administration has been blocked by a series of court rulings responding to challenges brought by prisoners. Human rights groups and lawyers representing detainees have painted a stark picture of conditions there, which included harsh interrogation methods. The prisoners themselves have protested through hunger strikes, riots and suicides.
On Jan. 22, 2009, two days after his inauguration, President Obama signed executive orders effectively ending the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret interrogation program, directing the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp within a year and setting up a sweeping, high-level review of the best way to hold and question terrorist suspects in the future. The move puts an immediate halt to the Bush administration’s military commissions system for prosecuting detainees.
The decision was expected as part of Mr. Obama’s campaign pledge to close the detention camp. The orders leave unresolved complex questions surrounding the closing of the prison, including whether, where and how many of the detainees are to be prosecuted.
The Detainees:
Of the 779 people who have been detained at the United States military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 532 have been transferred and 242 remain, according to analysis by The New York Times of documents from the Department of Defense. In addition, five detainees died while in custody. This interactive database includes information about the detainees, thousands of pages of government documents and links to court records and news media reports.
The only reason i didn't put the names n more detail in this thread is cux its way 2 long as u can seee the number of detainess above so u can imagine... i will share couple of link for you guys and if u want u can click n have a look at them.
LIST OF ALL DETAINESS:
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo
TRANSFERED:
The New York Times has identified the names of 532 detainees who have been transferred from Guantánamo
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/transferred
HELD:
The New York Times has identified the names of 242 detainees who remain at Guantánamo.
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/held
DEAD:
The New York Times has identified the names of five men who died in detention.
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/dead
Here i m going to some info related to American's torture centre "& secret prison Guantánamo Bay. Well the goood news is its going to b shut down soon and will release or transfer all The Detainees.i will also give ya guys the link for the website where u can get more info u want... well ova here i will jst put some general info.... i was going thro it this morning and noticed tht there were alot of paki'z in there 2 :(
The United States Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba dates from 1903, when the American government leased the 45-square mile site as a coaling station in the wake of the Spanish-American War. Since the United States broke off relations with Cuba after Fidel Castro's rise to power, the base has operated as an obscure anomaly, one foreign power's self-enclosed outpost in a hostile land.
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, the base became the center of fierce criticism from foreign governments and human rights activists. After the American invasion of Afghanistan, prisoners suspected of being al Qaeda members or supporters were transported to Guantánamo. In 2002, President Bush made it the central prison for suspects considered unlawful enemy combatants in the war on terror.
Since then, the effort to try the suspects before the military tribunals created by the Bush administration has been blocked by a series of court rulings responding to challenges brought by prisoners. Human rights groups and lawyers representing detainees have painted a stark picture of conditions there, which included harsh interrogation methods. The prisoners themselves have protested through hunger strikes, riots and suicides.
On Jan. 22, 2009, two days after his inauguration, President Obama signed executive orders effectively ending the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret interrogation program, directing the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp within a year and setting up a sweeping, high-level review of the best way to hold and question terrorist suspects in the future. The move puts an immediate halt to the Bush administration’s military commissions system for prosecuting detainees.
The decision was expected as part of Mr. Obama’s campaign pledge to close the detention camp. The orders leave unresolved complex questions surrounding the closing of the prison, including whether, where and how many of the detainees are to be prosecuted.
The Detainees:
Of the 779 people who have been detained at the United States military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 532 have been transferred and 242 remain, according to analysis by The New York Times of documents from the Department of Defense. In addition, five detainees died while in custody. This interactive database includes information about the detainees, thousands of pages of government documents and links to court records and news media reports.
The only reason i didn't put the names n more detail in this thread is cux its way 2 long as u can seee the number of detainess above so u can imagine... i will share couple of link for you guys and if u want u can click n have a look at them.
LIST OF ALL DETAINESS:
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo
TRANSFERED:
The New York Times has identified the names of 532 detainees who have been transferred from Guantánamo
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/transferred
HELD:
The New York Times has identified the names of 242 detainees who remain at Guantánamo.
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/held
DEAD:
The New York Times has identified the names of five men who died in detention.
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/dead